The United Nations and its aid partners have underscored the need to “collectively redouble efforts” to help the most vulnerable in the Northern Nigeria a decade after the start of violent insurgency.
This even as 7.1 million people are reportedly in need of life-saving assistance and 1.8 million people uprooted from their homes – the vast majority of them women and children.
“We are here today to remember those who have lost their lives in the conflict, and to remind of those still struggling to survive and rebuild their lives” Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria said Thursday in Abuja, the West African country’s capital.
The humanitarian community in Nigeria, which is comprised of the UN, the Government and non-governmental organizations, convened to solemnly mark the tenth year of the crisis in north-east Nigeria and to remember the millions of people affected.
The humanitarian community emphasized the immense needs caused by the crisis, the necessity to continue scaling up life-saving assistance in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.
Gathering at the UN house, they also reaffirmed their commitment to work together to help people rebuild their lives and communities.
Over the last decade, the conflict has claimed the lives of some 27,000 civilians and devastated entire communities, villages and towns across the three most-affected states.
